President Bola Tinubu Monday ordered release of all minors arrested and detained over #EndBadGovernance protest.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this public while briefing State House correspondents.
Idris said the President directed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to immediately commence the process of securing release of the minors
He said, “The President has directed that all minors be released on the and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents related to the case will be investigated and anyone found wanting will be brought to book”.
Pressure has mounted on the president to release the minors urgently.
Africa Health Report AHR had published a number of reports since weekend by individual, groups, local and international based urging Tinubu to direct the immediate release of the minors.
AHR reported earlier that the nation’s polity was tension-soaked following the collapse of four of the mionors before the court on Friday in Abuja, during their trial. Many have been peeved by the continued detention of the minors, saying that the president sought to execute them on account of the‘treason’ charge.
CISLAC, Amnesty International, SERAP, Activists are prominent among those who spoke to AHR demanding immediate release of the accused minors.
One of the groups on Monday, according to AHR earlier report had called on the Nigerian First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu to use her position to secure immediate release of the minors.
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) had called on the Federal Government to halt the treason trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters and release all the minors.
The ACF, while reacting to the trial of minors at a Federal High Court, Abuja, over allegations of treason, and other offences, arising from their participation in the August 2024 protests, described the trial as a show of shame.
In a statement signed by the ACF National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad-Baba, further described the trial of minors as a demonstration of needless official high-handedness at its worst.
